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The first pilotless aircraft were built during World War I. From a suggestion that A. M. Low’s expertise in early television and radio technology be used to develop a remotely controlled pilotless aircraft to attack the Zeppelins [11] [12] a remarkable succession of British drone weapons in 1917 and 1918 evolved.
The Kettering Bug was an experimental unmanned aerial torpedo, a forerunner of present-day cruise missiles.It was capable of striking ground targets up to 75 miles (121 km) from its launch point, while traveling at speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). [1]
The Royal Flying Corps' Aerial Target was the world's first drone unmanned aircraft (UAV) to fly under control from the ground. A photograph of this 1917 22-foot (6.7-metre) wingspan Aerial Target aircraft exists. [47] Parts of it were saved by Low and these still exist as well as contemporary photographs although they are not on public display ...
Drones were used extensively in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. [24] Azerbaijan's use of Turkish TB2 drones was seen as crucial in their defeat of the Armenian forces. They were used both to carry missiles and for reconnaissance, with their successful use linked to heavy losses among Armenian tanks and other ...
Perhaps the most famous fighter plane during World War 1 was the Fokker as it was the first to include a synchronized machine gun. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Towards the end of the conflict, aircraft carriers were used for the first time, with HMS Furious launching Sopwith Camels in a raid to destroy the Zeppelin hangars at Tønder in 1918.
A further 18 Argentine fixed-wing aircraft were destroyed by British Surface to Air Missiles. 15 Argentine fixed-wing aircraft were destroyed on the ground and 14 were captured. Sixty eight Argentine fixed-wing aircraft were captured or destroyed by British Forces, representing 28% of the 240 fixed-wing aircraft the Argentinians had at the ...
In time, longer focal length lenses were used, cameras and gear grew lighter and bigger, and for survival, operating altitudes increased up to 12,000–18,000 feet (3,700–5,500 m). Driven high, aircrews began to use oxygen and heated clothing items. The critical discipline of communicating results led to rampant improvisation.
1971: The first single-chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004, is invented. Its development was led by Federico Faggin, using his silicon-gate MOS technology. This led to the personal computer (PC) revolution. [503] 1971: The first space station, Salyut 1, is launched. 1971: IBM developed and released the world's first floppy disk and disk drive ...